Roman Catholic Pope

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Roman Catholic Pope

GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Bishop of Rome. Presides over the Roman Catholic Church from Vatican City.

See also:

Certain key Popes are indicated by (*).

Official Website:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/

32 67 St. Peter (*)

67 76 St. Linus

76 88 St. Anacletus

88 97 St. Clement I

97 105 St. Evaristus

105 115 St. Alexander I

115 125 St. Sixtus I

125 136 St. Telesphorus

136 140 St. Hyginus

140 155 St. Pius I

155 166 St. Anicetus

166 175 St. Soter

175 189 St. Eleutherius

189 199 Pope Victor I

199 217 St. Zephyrinus

217 222 St. Callistus I

222 230 St. Urban I

230 235 St. Pontain

235 236 St. Anterus

236 250 St. Fabian

251 253 St. Cornelius

253 254 Pope Lucius I

254 257 St. Stephen I

257 258 St. Sixtus II

260 268 St. Dionysius

269 274 St. Felix I

275 283 St. Eutychian

283 296 St. Caius

296 304 Pope Marcellinus

308 309 Pope Marcellus I

309 or 310 St. Eusebius

311 314 St. Miltiades

314 335 Pope Sylvester I

336 St. Marcus

337 352 Pope Julius I

352 366 Liberius

366 383 Pope Damasus I

384 399 St. Siricius

399 401 St. Anastasius I

401 417 Pope Innocent I

417 418 St. Zosimus

418 422 St. Boniface I

422 432 Pope Celestine I

432 440 Pope Sixtus III

440 461 Pope Leo I (*) Leo the Great

461 468 St. Hilarius

468 483 St. Simplicius

483 492 St. Felix III

492 496 St. Gelasius I

496 498 Anastasius II

498 514 Pope Symmachus

514 523 Pope Hormisdas

523 526 Pope John I

526 530 St. Felix IV

530 532 Boniface II

533 535 Pope John II

535 536 St. Agapetus I

536 537 St. Silverius

537 555 Vigilius

556 561 Pope Pelagius I

561 574 Pope John III

575 579 Benedict I

579 590 Pope Pelagius II

590 604 Pope Gregory I (*)

604 606 Sabinian

607 Boniface III

608 615 St. Boniface IV

615 618 St. Deusdedit

619 625 Boniface V

625 638 Pope Honorius I

640 Severinus

640 642 Pope John IV

642 649 Theodore I

649 655 St. Martin I

655 657 St. Eugene I

657 672 St. Vitalian

672 676 Adeodatus

676 678 Donus

678 681 Pope Agatho

682 683 Pope Leo II

684 685 St. Benedict II

685 686 Pope John V

686 687 Conon

687 701 Pope Sergius I

701 705 Pope John VI

705 707 Pope John VII

708 Sisinnius

708 715 Constantine

715 731 Pope Gregory II

731 741 Pope Gregory III

741 752 St. Zachary

752 757 Pope Stephen II

757 767 Pope Paul I

767 772 Pope Stephen III

772 795 Pope Adrian I

795 816 Pope Leo III

816 817 Pope Stephen IV

817 824 Pope Paschal I

824 827 Eugene II

827 Valentine

827 844 Pope Gregory IV

844 847 Pope Sergius II

847 855 Pope Leo IV

855 858 Benedict III

858 867 Pope Nicholas I Nicholas the Great

867 872 Pope Adrian II

872 882 Pope John VIII AKA Pope Joan

882 884 Pope Marinus I

884 885 St. Adrian III

885 891 Pope Stephen V

891 896 Pope Formosus

896 Boniface VI

896 897 Pope Stephen VI

897 Romanus

897 Theodore II

898 900 Pope John IX

900 903 Benedict IV

903 Leo V

904 911 Pope Sergius III

911 913 Anastasius III

913 914 Lando

914 928 Pope John X

928 Leo VI

929 931 Stephen VII

931 935 Pope John XI

936 939 Leo VII

939 942 Stephen VIII

942 946 Pope Marinus II Puppet of Alberic II of Spoleto

946 955 Agapetus II

955 963 Pope John XII

963 964 Pope Leo VIII Installed by Otto the Great

964 Benedict V

965 972 Pope John XIII

973 974 Benedict VI

974 983 Benedict VII

983 984 Pope John XIV

985 996 Pope John XV

996 999 Pope Gregory V

999 1003 Sylvester II

1003 John XVII

1003 1009 John XVIII

1009 1012 Sergius IV

1012 1024 Benedict VIII

1024 1032 Pope John XIX

1032 1045 Pope Benedict IX

1045 Sylvester III

1045 Pope Benedict IX

1045 1046 Pope Gregory VI

1046 1047 Pope Clement II

1047 1048 Pope Benedict IX

1048 Pope Damasus II

1049 1054 Pope Leo IX

1055 1057 Pope Victor II

1057 1058 Pope Stephen IX

1058 1061 Pope Nicholas II

1061 1073 Pope Alexander II

1073 1085 Pope Gregory VII (*)

1086 1087 Pope Victor III

1088 1099 Pope Urban II (*) Instigated the First Crusade

1099 1118 Pope Paschal II

1118 1119 Gelasius II

1119 1124 Callistus II

1124 1130 Pope Honorius II

1130 1143 Pope Innocent II

1143 1144 Pope Celestine II

1144 1145 Pope Lucius II

1145 1153 Blessed Eugene III

1153 1154 Anastasius IV

1154 1159 Pope Adrian IV

1159 1181 Pope Alexander III

1181 1185 Pope Lucius III

1185 1187 Pope Urban III

1187 Pope Gregory VIII

1187 1191 Pope Clement III

1191 1198 Pope Celestine III

1198 1216 Pope Innocent III (*) Launched two Crusades

1216 1227 Pope Honorius III]

1227 1241 Pope Gregory IX

1241 Pope Celestine IV

1243 1254 Pope Innocent IV (*)

1254 1261 Alexander IV

1261 1264 Pope Urban IV

1265 1268 Pope Clement IV

1271 1276 Pope Gregory X

1276 Pope Innocent V

1276 Adrian V

1276 1277 Pope John XXI

1277 1280 Pope Nicholas III

1281 1285 Martin IV

1285 1287 Pope Honorius IV

1288 1292 Nicholas IV

1294 Pope Celestine V

1294 1303 Boniface VIII

1303 1304 Pope Benedict XI

1305 1314 Pope Clement V

1316 1334 Pope John XXII

1334 1342 Pope Benedict XII

1342 1352 Pope Clement VI

1352 1362 Pope Innocent VI

1362 1370 Pope Urban V

1370 1378 Pope Gregory XI

1378 1389 Pope Urban VI Thus begins the Great Schism

1389 1404 Boniface IX

1404 1406 Pope Innocent VII

1406 1415 Pope Gregory XII

1409 1410 Pope Alexander V Now considered an Antipope

1417 1431 Martin V

1431 1447 Eugene IV

1447 1455 Nicholas V

1455 1458 Pope Callistus III

1458 1464 Pope Pius II

1464 1471 Pope Paul II

1471 1484 Pope Sixtus IV Built the Sistine Chapel

1484 1492 Pope Innocent VIII

1492 1503 Pope Alexander VI (*) Papacy in the hands of a Borgia

1503 Pope Pius III

1503 1513 Pope Julius II (*)

1513 1521 Pope Leo X (*) Excommunicated Martin Luther

1522 1523 Pope Adrian VI

1523 1534 Pope Clement VII

1534 1549 Pope Paul III

1550 1555 Pope Julius III

1555 Pope Marcellus II

1555 1559 Pope Paul IV

1559 1565 Pope Pius IV

1566 1572 Pope Pius V

1572 1585 Pope Gregory XIII

1585 1590 Pope Sixtus V

1590 Pope Urban VII Reigned only twelve days

1590 1591 Pope Gregory XIV

1591 Pope Innocent IX

1592 1605 Pope Clement VIII

1605 Pope Leo XI Medici Pope, for 27 days

1605 1621 Pope Paul V

1621 1623 Pope Gregory XV

1623 1644 Pope Urban VIII Highly nepotistic

1644 1655 Pope Innocent X

1655 1667 Pope Alexander VII

1667 1669 Pope Clement IX

1670 1676 Pope Clement X

1676 1689 Pope Innocent XI

1689 1691 Pope Alexander VIII Bought Queen Christina's library

1691 1700 Pope Innocent XII

1700 1721 Pope Clement XI

1721 1724 Pope Innocent XIII

1724 1730 Pope Benedict XIII

1730 1740 Pope Clement XII

1740 1758 Pope Benedict XIV

1758 1769 Pope Clement XIII

1769 1774 Pope Clement XIV Suppressed the Jesuit order

1775 1799 Pope Pius VI

1800 1823 Pope Pius VII

1823 1829 Pope Leo XII

1829 1830 Pope Pius VIII

1831 1846 Pope Gregory XVI

1846 1878 Pope Pius IX (*) Doctrine of infallibility

1878 1903 Pope Leo XIII

1903 1914 Pope Pius X

1914 1922 Pope Benedict XV

1922 1939 Pope Pius XI

1939 1958 Pope Pius XII

1958 1963 Pope John XXIII Opened Vatican II conference

1963 1978 Pope Paul VI

1978 Pope John Paul I Reigned only for one month

1978 2005 Pope John Paul II (*) First non-Italian pope in centuries

2005 present Pope Benedict XVI Cardinal Ratzinger

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